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- Title
Role of prephase treatment prior to definitive chemotherapy in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
- Authors
Lakshmaiah, K C; Asati, Vikas; Babu K, Govind; D, Lokanath; Jacob, Linu Abraham; M C, Suresh Babu; K N, Lokesh; L K, Rajeev; A H, Rudresh; Saldanha, Smitha; Koppaka, Deepak; Patidar, Rajesh; C S, Premalata
- Abstract
Background: During the treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients, treatment-related toxicities are higher in the initial phase of treatment (First cycle effect). Toxicities can be tumor lysis syndrome, deterioration in performance status, febrile neutropenia, and rarely mortality. Prephase treatment before definitive chemotherapy is used in European countries to alleviate these toxicities. Methods: This was a non-randomized study carried out with the aim to evaluate the role of prephase treatment given prior to definitive chemotherapy in newly diagnosed DLBCL patients. Patients were divided into 2 cohorts "prephase cohort" and "non-prephase cohort." Prephase cohort received prephase treatment consisting of vincristine (1 mg) on -6th day and prednisolone 100 mg daily for 7 days (-6th day to day 0). Prephase treatment was followed by CHOP/R-CHOP chemotherapy on day 1. Non-prephase cohort received chemotherapy without prephase. Both groups were followed up for 30 days post-first cycle chemotherapy. Results: A total of 100 patients with DLBCL (50 in each cohort) were enrolled. There was a significant improvement in performance status of the patients who received prephase. A majority of 92% patients attained ECOG performance status of either 0 or 1 before starting chemotherapy in the prephase cohort. Febrile neutropenia was lower (16%) in the prephase cohort as compared with the non-prephase cohort (34%; P = .037). Conclusion: Prephase treatment prior to definitive chemotherapy (CHOP ± Rituximab) improves the performance status and decreases first cycle effect in DLBCL patients.
- Subjects
CANCER chemotherapy; B cells; LYMPHOMAS; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents
- Publication
European Journal of Haematology, 2018, Vol 100, Issue 6, p644
- ISSN
0902-4441
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ejh.13068